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Lindsey Graham: Amnesty gets us back in Hispanics’ “good graces”

On Meet the Press Sunday morning, clueless Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told host David Gregory that he favored former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush as a 2016 presidential candidate, although he declared no Republican could win unless comprehensive immigration reform was passed because the party was in a “demographic death spiral.”

“I think we’re going to have a political breakthrough, the Congress is going to pass immigration reform,” Graham opined. “I think we’re going to get plus 70 votes (in the Senate). I’ve never been more optimistic about it.”

“But if we don’t pass immigration reform, if we don’t get it off the table in a reasonable, practical way, it doesn’t matter who you run in 2016.  We’re in a demographic death spiral as a party and the only way we can back in good graces with the Hispanic community, in my view, is to pass Comprehensive Immigration Reform…and if we don’t do that, it doesn’t matter who we run, in my view,” Graham rambled.

In our view, Graham’s analysis is fatally flawed.

No Republican presidential candidate in at least 50 years has won even half of the Hispanic vote. John McCain, the nation’s leading amnesty proponent, carried less than a third — 31 percent of the Hispanic vote. Still Graham sings McCain’s song and dances to his tune.

President George H.W. Bush created “diversity visas,” massively increased legal immigration and even eliminated the English requirement on the naturalization test. In the 1992 election, his efforts were rewarded with a slim 25 pecent of the Hispanic vote — less than the 27 percent Romney received.

In the presidential election immediately after President Reagan signed the 1986 amnesty bill, the Republican share of the Hispanic vote actually declined from 37 percent to 30 percent — and that was in a landslide election for the GOP.

In her column “Hispanicked GOP elite: They’ll respect us in the morning,” Ann Coulter writes:“Whatever it is that makes Hispanics love Obama, it’s not amnesty. He double-crossed Hispanics on amnesty; in the words of Univision’s Jorge Ramos, “You promised (amnesty), and a promise is a promise and with all due respect, you didn’t keep that promise.” (SRAZ added this video link.) Obama still won 71 percent of their vote

Graham has partnered with McCain’s amnesty-pushing Gang of Eight: Jeff Flake, and the tightrope-walking presidential aspirant, Marco Rubio, along with far left Democrats Chuck Schumer, Dick Durbin, Robert Menendez, and Michael Bennet. The group is called “bi-partisan” although it consists of iffy Republicans doing the bidding of liberal Democrats.

Here are the U.S. Senate phone numbers. Let them hear our voices loud and clear.  

If you need encouragement to pick up the phone, McCain toady Lindsey Grahamnesty provides it:

 

When is “headline news” NOT news?

When you see it in “La República!”

The Periódico de la República de Arizona’s political writer Dan Nowicki must be angling for a gig at Wikipedia after the lights dim at the newspaper. How else to explain his lead item today, passed along without even a mention of the obvious?

Nowicki details the “split” between Señor Juan McAmnesty and Sheriff Strangelove of Pinal County over the latest plan to open our nation’s border, waste more money, and imperil our national security.

The Pinal lawman, safely re-elected despite his dalliance with an illegal alien, now opposes Sen. McCain’s legislation.

Sheriff Babeu testified before the House Judiciary Committee last week, urging the rejection of McCain and Flake’s “Gang of 8″ bill being debated in the Senate. Babeu says it doesn’t do enough to secure the border — advocating for an alternative House plan that focuses on law enforcement and gives more authority to local police.

Memo to Nowicki: You’re doing just fine in your audition for Wikipedia. But if you plan to stay at  the Periódico de la República de Arizona (Arizona Republic), it would be beneficial to learn the Spanish word for “hypocrisy.”

We gift you with it here: h-i-p-o-c-r-e-s-í-a.

 For a memory refresher, here’s Babeu before their break up, giving aid and comfort to McCain during the 2010 campaign — telling the phony border hawk and worried candidate, “Senator, you’re one of us.”

Coulter likens Rubio to “Dr. Death” Kevorkian

Ann Coulter is on a roll — calling Marco Rubio the Jack Kevorkian of the Republican Party as she bashed the Gang of 8‘s amnesty bill, saying all the “triggers” in the bill are phony.

“This will be a disaster for the Republican Party. The entire country will become California. And Republicans, maybe they’ll have a few good years, but then it will be over and they will never win another national election. Thank you, Marco Rubio.”

Coulter tells Sean Hannity that  Rubio and Kelly Ayotte deserve primary challengers for their support of the legislation. She should have thrown Jeff Flake in the same pot. He also deserves the heat turned up, along with his amnesty guru John McCain.

Coulter’s column: If the GOP is this stupid, it deserves to die is definitely a must read.

Jeff Flake and the bi-partisan company he keeps

Jeff Flakes on the border: “This time is different” he vows

National Review Online’s Jonathan Strong uncovers the Jeff Flake Arizonans know well enough to call Jeff McFlake, in acknowledgement of his sycophantic allegiance to his mentor. And like John McCain, Flake has become the darling of the “bi-partisan” crowd. Translated, that means he is more comfortable with Democrats than the Republicans he used to further his career.

In truth, the Libertarian-leaning Flake was never at ease in conservative garb. He talked up his aversion to earmarks in order to gather the East Valleyites he needed to win a seat in the U.S. House, but remains silent regarding the $6.3 trillion price tag of implementing the mammoth amnesty scheme and deliberate destruction of the Republican Party.  Now in the Senate, and with six years before he has to answer his critics, Flake has put pedal to the metal on promoting the opening of our borders for upward of 25 million illegal aliens — not the mythical 11 million figure in use for over a decade. Stretching the truth comes easily to the aptly named Flake, who nimbly broke his term limits pledge when it no longer suited him.

Sen. Dick Durbin one of Flake’s “Gang of 8” amnesty partners, warmly refers to those in our country illegally as “courageous,”  while publicly stating he’s not sure bloggers and Tweeters should be afforded the Constitutional protections granted to all American citizens.

Using the vaguest of terms to describe his confidence in the penalties for violations, Flake claims there will be “consequences.”  Although in a rare moment of honest reflection, he concedes that Janet Napolitano’s Department of Homeland Security hasn’t always acted in good faith dealing with border enforcement. Flake and Napolitano share an Arizona history going back to his days as a congressional representative and hers as governor. She and McCain are such good buddies that even knowing her leftist proclivities, he and Jon Kyl — the duo who went to the mat shoehorning Flake as Kyl’s replacement — still supported her nomination as DHS chieftain.

Such are the alliances built when “bi-partisanship” is heralded. Astute politicos know that the accurate definition of bi-partisanship is Republicans setting aside principles to join forces with Democrats in promoting their agenda. That was illuminated by the Republican-bucking “maverick” John McCain yesterday, when he thumbed his nose at the push for 6,500 border agents by declaring on the Senate floor that “No border is ever going to be sealed.” *

*H/T Breitbart

Laurie Roberts cranks out another sappy amnesty saga

Mush gushing columnist Laurie Roberts is earning her salary at the Periódico de la República de Arizona (Arizona Republic). In yet another amnesty sob story, “Dad forced to choose between country, family,” Roberts relates that Brent Miller, an Arizona man who fathered twins with an illegal alien Mexican woman he later married, is having to pack up his life and move to Mexico to be with her and their young sons. As is typical, the tale is such a tear-jerker you’ll need a mega-sized box of Kleenex at your side if you chose to locate and read it.

Exhibiting more brass than brains, Roberts acknowledges that Esther, Brad’s illegal alien wife, was deported and illicitly returned to the United States.  Her criminality makes her ineligible to apply for legal status until 2021.

This rational legal response, according to Roberts, constitutes heartlessly cold insensitivity — definitely lacking in compassion. She concludes her schmaltzy tale with this carefully couched amnesty plea from Esther’s hubby, “I just want her home,” he whimpers. “That’s all I want. I think if most people, understood what‘s really happening to people, they’d be compassionate towards them. They’d want change.” 

Really? This is how Mexico treats those who are not native-born Mexicans.

Brent must be suffering an American history memory lapse. The United States, like Mexico, is a sovereign nation, with enforceable borders.  As a nation based in law, compassion cannot be part of the equation.

Besides which, Esther is home.

Amnesty bill: Slick efforts aimed at duping Americans

Penalties, back taxes are a joke, there is no “back of the line,” no es necesario aprender inglés

More lies are being sent our way regarding the actual provisions contained in the Senate’s so-called “Gang of 8” amnesty bill.

Breitbart’s Matthew Boyle does an excellent job of laying out the deception coming from the mouths of Barack Obama and the treacherous gangsters — two of whom claim to represent Arizona’s citizens.

Although the facts clearly demonstrate otherwise, Obama used his weekly address to deceptively state, “This bill would provide a pathway to earned citizenship for the 11 million individuals who are already in this country illegally — a pathway that includes passing a background check, learning English, paying taxes and a penalty, and then going to the back of the line behind everyone who’s playing by the rules and trying to come here legally.”

A member of the advisory board of the Hispanic Leadership Fund, Grover Norquist is an open borders extremist and radical-Islamophile. He teamed up with  the far left, multi-billionaire George Soros’-funded National Immigration Forum’s Action Fund, as well as the Partnership for a New American Economy, to commission a poll that argued the same thing.

As anyone who has been following this charade is aware, 11 million is a mythical number that has been in use for a decade.

What would logically appear to be unlikely alliances are forming as attempts to dupe the American people are coming from every conceivable corner. Ask yourself the key questions:

Why would Republicans be aligning with Democrats to import millions more Democrats to ensure the demise of the GOP? How are unemployed or underemployed American citizens well served by a massive surge of new workers competing for still scarce jobs?  How do native-born American students benefit when illegals cunningly described as DREAMers vie for university placements and ultimately for a limited number of jobs?

Center for Immigration Studies analyzes Sen. Marco Rubio’s deceptive televised amnesty ad here. (The video and transcript are included under link.) The article exposes McCain and Flake as less than conservative on the issue of illegal immigration — no surprise to Arizonans who pay attention.

Powerline’s Paul Mirengoff examines committed player Marco Rubio, his machinations and aspirations in a piece titled, Rubio to continue “dancing with the one that brung him.”

Scripture distorted to promote amnesty; Dr. James Edwards clarifies truths

What better time than Sunday to explore biblical scripture as it relates to the issue of illegal immigration? It was just days ago that the amnesty pushing Periódico de la República de Arizona (Arizona Republic) ran a front page, above-the-fold article titled “Embracing migrants.”  To the newspaper, following the April 2013 AP Stylebook guidelines, the acceptable words are “immigrants,” “undocumented” and “migrants” — ditching the very precise term “illegal immigrant.” Here at Seeing Red AZ, fixated on meticulous definitions, we will continue to use the clearly definitive term “illegal alien” which is, according to the daily’s dictates, verboten.

In December 2010 Seeing Red AZ reported that the liberal word police of the Diversity Committee of the Society of Professional Journalists also called on news reporters nationwide to stop using the term “illegal immigrant” in their news coverage.

But we digress. Friday’s article told of “Evangelicals pushing Republicans to embrace immigration reform” — code for amnesty — a word that clearly defines the act of granting a pardon for illegally entering the sovereign nation of the United States of America in violation of our laws. Forgiving the criminality also entails ultimately creating a new group of voting citizens. Many have already been on the receiving end of taxpayer supported social benefits (shocking video) for years.

This past week Valley Evangelical pastors have united in purchasing radio spots flooding regular programming on conservative talk radio and local Christian stations. Such ads are also being broadcast in 13 other states to drum up support of Barack Obama’s amnesty scheme – strongly promoted by Arizona Sens. John McCain, Jeff Flake and their “Gang of 8.” This massive amnesty will provide a pathway to citizenship for illegals, whose numbers have consistently been under-reported.

During his testimony before the House Immigration Subcommittee on “Ethical Imperative for Immigration Reform,” James R. Edwards, Jr., Ph.D made compelling arguments against misusing the concepts of Christian mercy and compassion, instead using relevant principles from scripture that actually relate to U.S. immigration policy. His theological understanding is far more perceptive than that of the Catholic, LDS and Evangelical clergy who insist on rewarding millions who have thumbed their noses at our Rule of Law. The sympathetic approach of the churches also conceals the pew filling aspect, as church attendance in mainstream faiths plummets. 

Many national faith-based leaders are lobbying for mercy (amnesty) for illegal aliens. But that mercy would create injustice for innocent law abiding Americans — especially the unemployed.  Governments are called on to provide justice, not sympathy.

Read the entire text of Dr. James Edwards remarkable congressional testimony.  It’s in large type and won’t take long. You’ll be wiser for setting aside the few minutes to acquaint yourself with this rational, scripture-based response sans agenda.

LA Times biased report gets red lined

US House supports Rule of Law, immigration enforcement

Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC) includes an LA Times report on Thursday’s GOP vote on a DREAM Act amendment, deceptively loaded onto a key bill to fund the Pentagon and other defense accounts. Passed by 224 to 201, U.S. Rep. Steve King’s (R-Iowa) amendment to HR 2217 prohibits any funding from being used by the Obama administration to implement amnesty by executive decree. Further, it blocks many of the provisions contained in the Senate’s ‘Gang of Eight’ bill, relentlessly being promoted by Arizona’s two pro-amnesty clones, John McCain and Jeff Flake.

The folks at ALIPAC do a masterful job of editing the contrived LA Times report, noting they’ve corrected many of the inaccuracies in the article with the material in brackets.

Finally, someone takes on the liberal press.

To bring you up to speed on what to watch for as the Democrat-led Senate begins debate on amnesty next week, we recommend checking in at The Foundry for Amy Payne’s cogent warning, titled, “Four Words to Watch in the Immigration Debate.”

Fox News: “Fair and Balanced” credibility tanks

Amnesty is prevailing view, Fox silences dissent

When it first came on the scene in 1996, Fox News provided a fresh new approach. It billed itself as “Fair and Balanced, sloganing,“ We Report, You Decide.“  The policy was a rousing success and the cable network’s viewership skyrocketed into a global go-to site, far outstripping the alphabet network contenders.

We’ve noticed a decided shift for some time. The leftward tilt is evidenced by the increasing number of liberal commentators, often outnumbering the conservatives with whom they are supposed to be providing the “balance.”  Instead, the list of these biased paid contributors has grown far past Alan Colmes and Bob Beckel to include new hire former Rep. Dennis Kucinich, once considered the most liberal member of Congress. He joins a lineup of spinmeisters Lanny Davis, Juan Williams,  James Carville, Kirsten Powers, Eleanor Clift, Susan Estrich, Tamara Holder, Patrick Caddell and Mara Liasson. Although Democrat pollster Doug Schoen and devoted Clintonite-morphed-into-a-conservative, Dick Morris are out, establishment CONsultant Karl Rove has been re-signed for a multi-year contract. Iffy Republican Scott Brown is also a new hire.

When it comes to John McCain, the hosts at the network can’t give him enough time. Sean Hannity, Bill O’Reilly and Greta Van Susteren are all his willing sycophants, promoting the deceptive Gang of Eight and their amnesty bill S 744.  Sens. Marco Rubio, John McCain, Lindsey Graham rotate almost nightly, pushing this deceptive and costly monstrosity that undermines U.S. sovereignty and upends the rule of law upon which our nation was founded. Americans have every right to expect those we have elected to end the lawlessness, not surrender to it. Also onboard this debacle is newbie Sen. Jeff Flake who Laura Ingraham says is “living up to his last name” and declares she would like to move to Arizona to challenge.

William Gheen, President of Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC), previously a frequent guest, now appears to be banned from Fox News. Gheen is calling on American conservatives to demand Fox News balance their coverage by allowing guests who oppose Obama’s immigration agenda and S. 744 on the air.  Gheen asks, “Why would anyone believe Fox News to be fair and balanced about this amnesty bill or illegal immigration’s negative consequences while simultaneously deploying lobbyists to pass the bill and excluding guests who oppose the legislation?” 

“We are asking Americans across the nation to begin contacting Fox News to ask them to withdraw their inappropriate lobbying efforts in support of amnesty and to start allowing more guests who oppose the bill on the air!”

Gheen’s open letter to Fox News owners, managers, and show hosts regarding bias and support of amnesty for illegals can be read here. He invites Americans to join him in requesting the Fox News embargo against presenting other voices on this critical issue be lifted.

Click here for contact information. This matters!

AZ Political workshops: Only immigrants need apply

Aim is to ensure “a new majority” on the ballot

In advance of upcoming election cycles, potential candidates weigh the pros and cons of throwing their hats into the political ring. Considerations run the gamut from the ability to put together an effective organization, raise the necessary funds to get their message out and articulate what that message is. Are their abilities and education levels commensurate with the office being sought?   Have the candidates demonstrated interest in the community by being elected as a precinct committeeman and working on the campaigns of others? So much to consider.

Under the headline, “Workshop aiming to prepare immigrants to run for office,” in the Periódico de la República de Arizona (Arizona Republic), we read that the New American Leaders Project and Promise Arizona have been conducting workshops for those seeking to break into politics. But it appears only “immigrants” need apply. “About 25 people from across Arizona attended a Phoenix workshop designed to move them from political newcomer to viable candidate in two days.”  The program, conducted by community organizers, is described as a “candidate-training program for immigrants.” No word on whether the immigrants are here legally. We’re not likely to know, since Associated Press, to which the Arizona República subscribes, recently ditched the precise definition “illegal immigrant” from its journalist’s Stylebook.

The concept would be humorous if not so bizarre. “Immigrants” are taking all of two days preparing to be viable candidates for public office in the United States. 

This reminds us that just a year ago, Alejandrina Cabrera, was removed from the San Luis, Arizona city council ballot for lacking basic English language skills. She then accepted the Utopian Party invitation as VP running mate of presidential candidate Avery Ayers. Before agreeing to run, Alejandrina had the party’s platform translated into Spanish, since she doesn’t read, speak or write English.

The article in the daily cites instead Pedro Lopez, 20, who credits the groups’ training with helping him win office last year as the youngest member of the Cartwright School Board. He says the 90-second stump speech he was given assistance with was instrumental in his success.

Promise Arizona (PA), which advocates amnesty for illegals, was formed in response to Arizona’s SB1070. A DREAM Act activist is participating in the training. On its website it boasts of “Arizona’s Election Promise: Taking on Sheriff Arpaio Just the Beginning of Historic Shift.”

A spokesman for PA said the training reflects the group’s belief there is a need “to get the Latino community in a place so it can defend itself. For political empowerment to occur, for people to get into office, it doesn’t happen by itself. It has to happen with a concerted focus.” He said the goal is to grow leaders from the ground up, preparing them for school board or city council so that later they can run for mayor, state Legislature or Congress.

“It’s a ladder.”